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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 532 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Look straight across): Pairs: red–green, blue–orange, yellow–purple (each pair = one primary + one secondary). Tertiary pairs: red-orange–blue-green, yellow-orange–blue-purple, yellow-green–red-purple. Side by side they look brighter; mixed as paint they look dull and brownish.

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  1. 1.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  2. 2.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) green
  7. 7.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  14. 14.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

  1. blue-purple
  2. False
  3. True
  4. red
  5. opposite each other
  6. green
  7. False
  8. True
  9. blue and green
  10. purple
  11. orange and blue
  12. False
  13. red-orange
  14. True
  15. True
  16. True
  17. False
  18. blue and orange
  19. not complementary
  20. red and orange
  21. False
  22. red and orange
  23. False
  24. False
  25. not complementary
  26. True
  27. red and purple
  28. red and purple
  29. True
  30. complementary pair
  31. False
  32. red and green
  33. blue and orange
  34. True
  35. False
  36. dull, brownish colour
  37. False
  38. False
  39. red and green
  40. purple and yellow

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